Passes the Bechdel test

Saturday Night

Name: Saturday Night
Released: 2024

2024. Directed by Jason Reitman, written by Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
14 women characters. 16 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 1.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television--and culture--forever. "Saturday Night" is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn't, count down the minutes in real time until those famous words are uttered for the very first time.

Released: 11 Oct 2024
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.8 / 10
Metascore: 60 / 100
Awards: 11 wins & 44 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Lorne 290 lines, man
Ebersol 69 lines, man
Gilda 45 lines, woman
O'Donoghue 43 lines, man
Tebet 40 lines, man
Chevy 38 lines, man
Belushi 33 lines, man
Rosie 32 lines, woman
Garrett Morris 31 lines, man
Joe Dicso 28 lines, man

Full cast, 87 people

Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels
Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster
Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase
Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner
Dylan O'Brien as Dan Aykroyd
Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman
Matt Wood as John Belushi
Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris
Kim Matula as Jane Curtin
Tommy Dewey as Michael O'Donoghue
Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol
Nicholas Braun as Andy Kaufman / Jim Henson
Andrew Barth Feldman as Neil Levy
Finn Wolfhard as NBC Page
Willem Dafoe as David Tebet
Stephen Badalamenti as Lobby Security Guard
Ellen Boscov as Mrs. Kaufman
John Dinello as Shop Steward
J.K. Simmons as Milton Berle
Presley Coley as Barbara Gallagher
Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin
Catherine Curtin as Joan Carbunkle
Nicholas Podany as Billy Crystal
Corinne Britti as Valri Bromfield
Justin Matthew Smith as Joe Dicso
Matthew Rhys as George Carlin
Taylor Gray as Al Franken
Leander Suleiman as Anne Beatts
Mcabe Gregg as Tom Davis
Kirsty Woodward as Audrey Dickman
Jon Batiste as Billy Preston
Naomi McPherson as Janis Ian
Brian Welch as Don Pardo
Paul Rust as Paul Shaffer
Josh Brener as Alan Zweibel
Tracy Letts as Herb Sargent
Brad Garrett as Borscht Belt Comedian
Rowan Joseph as Jim Fox
Billy Bryk as Carl
Abraham Hsu as Leo Yoshimura
Parker Wierling as Tom Schiller
James Logan as Stew Sorrentino
Robert Wuhl as Dave Wilson
Drew Scheid as Bob Pook
Martin Garner as Video Engineer
Jeff Pope as Scotty Schachter
Jef Holbrook as Editor
Jacob Berger as Loading Dock Security Guard
Casey Nicholas Price as Affiliate John
Cassidy Alexandra Kahler as Polaroid Rep
Colby West as Radio Announcer
Peter Dawson as Elevator Attendant
Mike Platarote Jr. as Card Trick Stage Hand
Rob Barnes as Stage Hand
Grace Barlow as Edie Baskin
Alia Guidry as Wardrobe Assistant
Christian A. Jenkins as Spray Paint Constumer
Raiford Jackson as 8H Security Guard
Aidan Patrick Griffin as Intern
Mark Cyr as Technical Director
William C. Tate as Wallie
John Ross as Crane Op
Brandon Niederauer as Billy Preston band
Alvin Ford Jr. as Billy Preston band
Cory Henry as Billy Preston band
Nicholas Clark as Billy Preston band
Max Townsley as Billy Preston band
Alexander Glyn Bennett as Young Reporter
Robert Entous as Affiliate John
Caroline Raad as Balloon Lady
Zane Shaw as Rumpus Rambler
Carter Colvin as Rumpus Rambler
Tristan McGlauchlen as Rumpus Rambler
Arlo Lachenmeyer as Rumpus Rambler
John Mayo as Tap Dancer
Lauren Shelfo as Showgirl
Dalton Suskie as Showgirl
McKinley Horn as Showgirl
Anna East as Showgirl
Rionna Luck as Showgirl
Jamie Day as Grizzly Lighting Director
Ted Williams as Moose
Jeff Witzke as Johnny Carson (voice)
Dylan Bickel as Brick Delivery Guy
Marko Caka as Janitor (uncredited)
Dalton Causey as Audience Member
Mary-Clare Bone as Audience Member

Who talks, scene by scene

We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

LARAINE: Hey, you dropped something. LARAINE: Nice. Work that little caboose. GILDA: Hey, hey, hey, come on, baby. Yeah, crazy pecs! Why don't ya flex'em for me, butch?

LARAINE: Oh. AUDREY: Even without Alexander, we're still thirty over. Perhaps we don't need four musical performances...? Or we could trim one of the Carlin mono…

ROSIE: Of course it will. It's nostalgic. It's Honeymooners. It has to work. JANE CURTIN: I'm Jane Curtin, and welcome to another episode of Victims of Shark Bite.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.

187 lines from women, 880 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

14 women and 43 men in the cast. 16 women and 67 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 12 of 1,106. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 94 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 18% of the words (2,035), men 82% (9,100).

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

None of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jason Reitman (man)
Written by: Gil Kenan (man), Jason Reitman (man)
Produced by: Peter Rice (man), Jason Blumenfeld (man), Gil Kenan (man), Jason Reitman (man)
Shot by: Eric Steelberg (man)
Edited by: Shane Reid (man), Nathan Orloff (man)
Music by: Jon Batiste (man)
Production design by: Jess Gonchor (man)
Costumes by: Danny Glicker (man)
Cast by: John Papsidera (man)